The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-08


adjoining building. Silliman's hair
and whiskers were burned off and lie
was badly bruised.
George Dow and Thomas Count
| were found in a ravlne near Harris
VILE, Michigan. on the morning of the
I'd. George Dow vas dead, but it was
thought Count would recover.
Congress reassembIed on the 4th. In
the Senate Mr.. Cullom announced the
death Of General Logan, and then
moved an adjournment, which was
agreed to.
In the House on The 4th, the Speaker
presented a communication from A. s.
Hewitt announcing his resignation as
a member, which took effect On the
LIST instant. Mr.. Thomas, OF Illinois,
offered a resolution expressing sorrow
for the death of Senator Logan, and
moved an adjournment. The Iesolu-
ton and the motion were adopted.
There were fr~eezingH temperatures
in Northern and Central Florida, on
the morning of the 4th, temperatures
being reported ranging from % degrees
at Jacksonville to 80 at Deland. No
damage was done to fruit except. in ex-
posed places in the northern part Of the
State. Four inches Of snow fell on the
4th at Arcadia, Farmerville and MIN
ION in Louisiana, and it was still
showing in the evening.
During last month 700 cases of
cholera and 352 deaths were reported in
RYrat,Cu- a 0vag GOr,fI, A ~ orioa
benjamin Trey, Sheriff of Chester
county, Penna., was killed by a Penn
sylyania Railroad tram at Frazier Sta
zion, on the morning of the 4th. Mr.,
Trey was sworn into Office ON Friday,
While loading oil caus in the JoyvIlle
mines, neal Utica, New York, on the
Sd, two men were killed and another
was seyprely injured by a mass Of frozen
oil and rock falling upon them. Henry
Tiffany and wife, an aged couple, were
burned to death in their house, at
Grigg's Corners, neal Blnghamton,
New York, on the night of the I'd.
The fire was started by some wood
which was placed in the oven to dry.
The boiler of a grist mill at Elwood,
indiana, burst on the 4th, killing the
engineer, Lyst, and Joseph Reed, and
dangerously injur1ng another man.
An express train and a freight
train on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road collided about two O'Clock on the
morning Of the 4th, on a curve about
seven miles from Tifin, Ohio, and both
trains were wrecked. The telescoped
cars caught fire from the stoves and
many of the unfortunate passengers,
who were not killed outright, were
burned to death. The exact loss of life
is not known, but the latest estimates
make it seventeen.
A fight took place on the Sd be-
tween guards and American smugglers
on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande,
near New Laredo, in which ten of the
smugglers and three guards were killed.
40, 900 worth of goods were captured
from the smugglers.
"A sharp earthquake shock was
felt at Charleston, South Carolina, at
5.47 a. M, on the 4th. Two sharper
hooks were felt at Summerville at
d. 40 and 1850. No damage was done.
Shocks were also felt elsewhere in the
state. There was a repetition at
UcSIuliHSISIs D1dl1lduu, on II even
ing of the 30 and the morning Of the
4th or the noises and shakings noted
he day before. The shocks were felt
It half-past eleven o'clock on the
evening of the 3D., and we're repeated
IN the morning of the 4th, between
wo and three O'Clock. 1t is said the
Iuakes in the mountain region of
Maryland, which began on the I'd,
nave since continued at intervals.
An express train on the Boston
md Albany Railroad was wrecked
Early on the morning of the 4th, at Nit
ineague Station. neal Springfield,
Massachusetts. Five of the six cars
were thrown from the track. probably
oy the breaking of a journal, and tho
wreck caught ire M was consumed.
1t was reported that one or two lives
were lost. This is not certain; but it is
Known that nineteen persons were in
lured, n ofthem-Chagles S. Packard,
of Westheld-perhaps mortally.
"A passenger train ran into a sleigh
load of ice cutters neal Pewaukee,
Michigan, on the evening of the 4th,
killing three and mortally lnjuring
several others.